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Lovely Lemon Cake with Fresh Lemon Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Prepare cake according to package adding zest and lemon oil. Bake in a bundt pan according to package directions & cool.
  • For frosting: Mix butter with salt and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add rest of sugar and lemon juice alternately, beating until very smooth and of spreading consistency. (Fills and frosts 2 8" or 9" cake layers.)
  • NOTE: I inherited my mother-in-law's square tube pan - I've never seen anything like it. I bake the lemon cake in it, frost the cake all over, sink a shot glass half filled with water into the hole in the center of the cake, and put violets in it in the spring or pansies or nasturtiums in the summer. You could even scatter a few candied violets over the top or press into the sides. Beautiful!
  • NOTE 2: Lemon oil is a wonderful fresh flavor to cook with - much fresher tasting than lemon extract. Be sure to use cooking lemon oil. I use Boyjian. They also make orange and lime oil...I use them all.

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    " It was excellent "
    gapeach55 ate it and said...
    This sounds wonderful. Love lemon and thanks for the lemon oil tip.
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    " It was excellent "
    bluewaterandsand ate it and said...
    Another fantastic post! I love this one!
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  • gadandi 15 years ago
    Thank you...you've come through again!
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    " It was excellent "
    morninlite ate it and said...
    Lemon zest and fresh lemon just say summer! Thanks for posting!
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